As I checked in quite late (around midnight), David left detailed instructions how to do self-checkin, which worked more or less seamlessly. He was sure to stop by the next day to greet me in person and welcome me to his apartment, which you can tell he takes great pride in, deservedly so.

The building is very modern with good security and extremely convenient access to the surrounding neighborhood. It takes about 4-7 minutes to cross the canal via the back entrance to the building and walk down Sukhumvit Soi 11 to some of the best restaurants, bars, and clubs in Bangkok. It's a very international street with many cultural influences, great street food, and lively nightlife any day of the week. But the building itself is extremely quiet, and the apartment has a great view overlooking the canal.

If the restaurant/party scene is less your flavor, there's still access to multiple modes of transportation within (at most) 15 minutes walking. The MTS (great for chatuchak market), BTS (for the most popular malls), and canal boats (traveling like a local) are the ones I took, but there are also buses that I just never used. Located just off one of the main roads, metered taxis and motorcycle taxis (my favorite) are aplenty as well.

The apartment itself was exactly as advertised. The kitchen is well-stocked with cooking materials if that's more your flavor (why cook when you can get 80 baht pad thai till 4am?). The living room couch is extremely comfortable, the bedroom is cozy and clean, the shower fantastic, just to name a few things. I don't have a good reference point for other apartments in Bangkok, but to me it was perfect and well worth the value.

David, although a busy guy with work, genuinely cares to see that you have an awesome stay in Bangkok. If he has the time, expect David to personally invite you to hang out for a bit to help teach you some of the lesser-known treasures of Bangkok. If I end up returning to Bangkok anytime soon, I will look to stay nowhere else but here.